The chasm between the rich and diverse “regional” literature and the mainstream English literature has always been large. Still, the rise in the number of
Rahul Vishnoi reviews I Named My Sister Silence by Manoj Rupda, translated from Hindi by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar (published by Eka, 2023). First things first.
Rahul Vishnoi reviews Vikramjit Ram’s Mansur (Published by Pan Macmillan India, 2023) Anirudh Kanisetti, the author of the Tata Lit Live winner for best book
August 17 is S. Hareesh’s second novel after the JCB Prize-winning novel, Moustache (Meesha). While Meesha carried a mythical character, August 17 is an alternate
When you think of literature awards in India, we think of the JCB Prize, the Sahitya Akademi Prize, or Jnanpith Award which is India’s highest
Lindsay Pereira presents an intimate portrait of a community of Roman Catholics, their relationship with each other, and with God in his book Gods and
Translation is a key political tool anywhere we go; but have the last few years of being in the spotlight changed things for the industry
Jahnavi Barua is an Indian writer based in Bangalore. Next Door (Penguin India, 2008), her debut collection of short stories was longlisted for the Frank
Kindle, Amazon, ebooks, print books: the litereary world it seems will never stop debating about the pros and cons of each. As the world battles
Some books, like people, have ways of finding you. This is what happened with The Far Field. I didn’t find it, it found me. I
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